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Raegan Albright Spencer

Raegan Albright Spencer

Birmingham, AL, US

 

About 

Elsewhere:

Employment 

BLOX/Giattina Aycock Architecture Studio, Birmingham, AL, US, Program Design Lead, Senior Associate

Nov 2013 - current
 

AD2M-PCMI, Morondava, MG, Extension Agent

Peace Corps Master's International (PCMI) serving in Morondava District in Madagascar. Partnering with Le Projet d'Appuis au Développement de Menabe et du Melaky (AD2M) on multiple themes related to sustainable development. Research activities are centered around the incorporation of applied natural resources and management on multiple spatial levels that compliment development themes in implementation phase of several project timelines.

Children’s book mass-published on malaria prevention (bilingual): USAid + PC July 2014

Jun 2012 - Oct 2013
 

Franz Oswald-AUSlArchitekt, Bern & Zurich Switzerland , Exhibition Design

Accepted a full time position in which the team designed the exhibit of a development agenda to plan, direct, and coordinate all aspects of a community sustainability development scenario and exhibition presentation for Ethiopia. Emphasis was placed on the role of urban design as a key discipline in the formation of sustainably built environments in both the developed and developing territories.

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010
 

Gresham Smith, Charlotte, NC, US, Designer/Intern Architect

accepted a full time position in Corporate + Urban Planning and the Healthcare divisions of the firm, where I began to acquire the discipline, skills, knowledge, and judgment necessary to become a registered architect.
Including:
-Development of concept design and document with models and diagrams
-Development of details and specific design solutions
-Communicate and negotiate with supplier and consultants
-Research building product
-Working individually and independently with Project Manager through each phase of design and construction process
-Documenting construction drawings

Jul 2007 - Aug 2008
 

Design Innovation Architects, Inc (DIA), Knoxville, TN, US, Designer/Intern Architect

May 2005 - May 2007
 

Education 

ETH Zürich, Zürich, CH, MArch, Master of Advanced Studies in Urban Design (Urban Transformation in Developing Territories)

Master of Advanced Studies in Urban Design, ETH Zurich, with Professor Mark Angélil and Professor Dirk Hebel. The MAS ETH UD was structured around an investigation of transforming urban conditions as they pertain to global phenomena, and the development of practical tools for operating within such domains.
Worldwide tendencies toward processes of urbanization demand research methods, which promote both critically comparative analysis and the capacity to develop constructive approaches to such areas. The course emphasized the role of urban design as a key discipline in the formation of sustainably built environments.

Sep 2008 - Aug 2009
 

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, US, BArch, College of Architecture

Bachelor of Architecture degree from the College of Architecture
-cum laude honors

Sep 2002 - May 2007
 

Awards 

Synergic Space (Birkhauser: Quo Vadis: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2009)., Other

Work published by (Birkhauser: Cities of Change: Addis Ababa, 2009).
Work exhibited in Ethiopia for Urban Design Laboratory: ETHZ + AAU November 2009

2009
 

Helen V. Bickford Scholarship, Scholarship

2006
 

AIAS design competition scholarship winner, 1st Place

2005
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills